. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 600 acres near Hayward on Totgotic River. 53 acres producing. Sprinklered & Equipped. Stevens, Ben Lears, Searles. Century 21 Hoover & Assoc. Box 128 Eagle River, Wise. 54521 (715) 479-6402 or (715) 547-3368. Titled "Cranberry Growing and Our Wetlands," the brochure is a handsome four page, four color affair with a wraparound ' cover showing a painting of canoeists fishing from a cran- berry bog reservoir, ducks taking off from the marshy shore and growers operating dry pickers opposite the reservoir. Inside
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 600 acres near Hayward on Totgotic River. 53 acres producing. Sprinklered & Equipped. Stevens, Ben Lears, Searles. Century 21 Hoover & Assoc. Box 128 Eagle River, Wise. 54521 (715) 479-6402 or (715) 547-3368. Titled "Cranberry Growing and Our Wetlands," the brochure is a handsome four page, four color affair with a wraparound ' cover showing a painting of canoeists fishing from a cran- berry bog reservoir, ducks taking off from the marshy shore and growers operating dry pickers opposite the reservoir. Inside are photos of a bog, a swan swimming in a reservoir and a bee atop a cranberry flower. CITING THE REASONS for issuance of the brochures, Paul R. Morse of the association said: "As we all know, we are having to share more and more of our available water supplies with our non-cranberr neighbors who are increasing in numbers every day. It is for this reason that the directors of your association decided to launch a campaign to let our neighbors know that the cranberry grower not only conserves water, but also creates reservoirs of water. Without us, watei supplies would be even more critical than they are today. "This brochure will be used as an aggressive offense to tell the world around us of our importance, not as a defensive tool for use only after an ; The brochure is being distributed through Cranberry World in Plymoul conservation commissions, school departments, garden clubs and other outlets. PART OF THE COPY in the brochure reads: "In addition to helping crops, the reservoirs that cranberry growers maintain also stabilize surface and ground water levels in adjoining wetlands. The bogs assist by absorbii excess water during heavy rainfalls tc increase the total underground water supply and to prevent rivers from swelling to flood levels. "During the winter, water supplie receive a special present from cranbe bogs: cranberry plants, submerge
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